atomic clock

collocation in English

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atomic
adjective[usually before noun]
uk
/əˈtɒm.ɪk/us
/əˈtɑː.mɪk/
relating ...
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clock
noun
uk
/klɒk/us
/klɑːk/
a device for measuring and showing time, usually found in or on a building and not worn by ...
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(Definition ofatomicandclockfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The work on the "atomicclock" takes the time of four men, two scientists and two assistants.
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Between the applied science which discovers the form of the bicycle fork and the fundamental science of theatomicclockthere is an immense range of difference.
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Towards the end of his time there, he concentrated on designs related to the chip scaleatomicclock.
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Data received at each antenna in the array include arrival times from a localatomicclock, such as a hydrogen maser.
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Wave frequencies are generated on the basis of anatomicclocklocated in the transmitter station and serves for calibration frequency purposes.
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The pulsar signal allows it to be 5 times more accurate than anatomicclock.
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In 1994, theatomicclockwas replaced with a newer model.
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For reasons of operational reliability, the control signal is generated by three independent control channels all equipped with their own caesiumatomicclock.
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During the 1970s it was realized that gravitational time dilation caused the second produced by eachatomicclockto differ depending on its altitude.
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This information is sent to the transmitter stations and is used to set a caesiumatomicclockat each station.
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The satellite uses anatomicclockto maintain synchronization of all the satellites in the constellation.
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Other signals send out the time as measured by the satellite's onboardatomicclock.
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Each 30-second frame begins precisely on the minute or half-minute as indicated by theatomicclockon each satellite.
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This facility is remarkable because the frequency of the carrier is derived from a rubidiumatomicclock, which is in the station building.
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The fringe-signal, frequency-sweep output from the interferometer is measured with a rubidiumatomicclock.
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Additionally, the technique can be used to construct anatomicclockwith great precision.
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In the late 1940s theatomicclockwas developed and several laboratories began atomic time scales.
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While weightless in the toss, the atoms are measured to set the frequency of anatomicclock.
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The time from anatomicclockon board each satellite is encoded into the radio signal; the receiver determines how much later it received the signal than it was sent.
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All four were recognized for their work related to and emanating from laser cooling of atoms, which is directly related to the development and advancement of theatomicclock.
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